She Did It Again - Tracey Venter and her Black Mare

nannasalmi sponsored 

The Friesian Horse Association of Great Britain & Ireland

Inspections this year again.

The ring Artema was to be given to the owner of 

the champion mare in Great Britain 2015.

Must say it was not a surprise to learn that Tracey Venter

got a new item to her collection of nannasalmi horsehair jewellery...
Her Friesians are all quite amazing!

This year she earned it with this beautiful mare, Doutzen.

Congratulations Tracey and Doutzen!

"Our 2nd premie Ster and Champion Mare on her way to the highest score (79) 

achieved in an IBOP in the UK to date", Tracey wrote in Facebook.

"She's the third offspring of her Brandus mother (Stam 1) we have worked with. The first was Wouter who achieved Ster in 2012, the next was Berber who scored 77.5 points in the IBOP and gained Kroon and overall champion in 2014. This mare was very weak through her back when we bought her over from NL and benefited from 2 years running with the herd before I backed her as a 5yo last spring.

She has been a absolute delight to work with and I was delighted my views on her ability under saddle were recognized by the inspectors on Monday. She is well and truly part of the team here and hopefully I'll find some time to compete her for a few years before we choose
a suitable stallion for her", Tracey writes.

You can read more about Doutzen here: www.blackhorses.co.uk

Follow the Friesian Experience in Facebook

Sandy Kitching has taken these pictures of Doutzen. More of her work

you find here: sandyanimalphotographer.smugmug.com

Tracey will have the ring Artema woven with Doutzen´s hair.
Look, what she got last year!

Anja - The Black Friesian Beauty

www.horsehairjewellerynannasalmi.com

One more time: Congratulations Tracey and Doutzen!